"Like a G6" is a 2010 song written and performed by Far East Movement, The Cataracs, and Dev, with the latter two being credited as featured artists. It is the lead single from Far East Movement's third studio album Free Wired, and production was handled by The Cataracs. For the chorus, Dev samples a verse from her own single "Booty Bounce", which was also written and produced by the Cataracs.
"Like a G6" peaked at number-one on the US Billboard Hot 100 for three non-consecutive weeks. The song also topped the charts in New Zealand and South Korea, and reached the top ten in Australia, Canada, Belgium, the Netherlands, Thailand, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Switzerland and Slovakia.
The song was the first single by Asian-American artists to hit number-one on the Billboard Hot 100, and the first by any artists of Asian descent since Kyu Sakamoto's 1963 single "Sukiyaki".
Although the song is credited as "Far East Movement, featuring The Cataracts and Dev", on iTunes all three artists are the lead artists.
Production
The "G6" in the song "Booty Bounce", which was sampled in "Like a G6", came about when the songs' producers, the Cataracs, were looking for a rhyme for the line "Sippin' sizzurp in my ride, like Three 6", a reference to the 2000 song "Sippin' on Some Syrup" by rap group Three 6 Mafia. They settled on "G6", meant to be a reference to the private airplane model Gulfstream IV, referred to as a "G4". The G4 had been name-checked in songs such as Drake's 2009 "Forever". A G6, they decided, was "flyer than a G4", according to Far East Movement member Kev Nish. The song has been incorrectly speculated to be about other things, including the Pontiac G6 and the Suunto G6 watch. When the song came out, the Gulfstream G650 model already existed, although the song's writers were not aware of this at the time. Since then, the Gulfstream G600 has also been announced.
Reception
The song has sold 4Â million paid downloads in the US, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Gulfstream Aerospace has stated that they were "thrilled" about the product reference.
Music video
The music video, which was directed by Matt Alonzo and edited by Thomas Uncles, premiered on YouTube and Vevo on June 2, 2010. The line "sippin' sizzurp" and the word "slizzered" are censored on some channels. It follows a woman in a red dress (Erica Ocampo) picking up a friend from a restaurant and going to a liquor store, presumably in preparation for a party. A later scene shows the woman and her friends at the party, Colette Carr also make a cameo, Dev and the members of Far East Movement can also be seen in this party scene. The final scene shows the members of Far East Movement getting on a Gulfstream IV the next morning.
Track listing
- Digital single
- "Like a G6" (featuring The Cataracs and Dev) â€" 3:38
- CD single
- "Like a G6" (featuring The Cataracs and Dev) â€" 3:38
- "Like a G6" (Cahill Radio Edit) â€" 3:15
- Promo CD
- "Like a G6" (featuring The Cataracs and Dev) â€" 3:38
- "Like a G6" (Instrumental) â€" 3:35
- "Like a G6" (Acappella) â€" 3:38
- Digital remix EP
- "Like a G6" (RedOne Remix) [featuring Mohombi, The Cataracs, and Dev] â€" 4:41
- "Like a G6" (Disco Fries Remix) [featuring The Cataracs and Dev] â€" 5:33
- "Like a G6" (Big Syphe Remix) [featuring The Cataracs and Dev] â€" 4:58
- "Like a G6" (DJ Solarz Remix) [featuring The Cataracs and Dev] â€" 5:05
- "Like a G6" (Ruxpin Remix) [featuring The Cataracs and Dev] â€" 6:52
- "Like a G6" (Guy Furious Remix) [featuring The Cataracs and Dev] â€" 4:00
- "Like a G6" (Fantastadon Remix) [featuring The Cataracs and Dev] â€" 5:23
- "Like a G6" (DJ Taraspaz Remix) [featuring The Cataracs and Dev] â€" 4:49
- Trevor Simpson on Da Beat Remix single
- "Like a G6" (Remix) â€" 4:55
- "Like a G6" (Remix Club Edit) â€" 5:11
- Eyes Remix
- "Like a G6" (Eyes Remix) â€" 4:38
- Bermudez - Chico Remix
- "Like a G6" (Bermudez-Chico Remix) [featuring The Cataracs and Dev] - 4:33
Covers and parodies
- Diddy â€" Dirty Money covered "Like a G6" as part of their set for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge, alongside "Coming Home". The song then appeared on the sixth compilation of the Live Lounge.
- Colette Carr did a cover of the song, with new lyrics on her debut mixtape Sex Sells Stay Tooned along with Cherry Cherry Boom Boom.
- Richard Cheese covered "Like a G6" on his 2011 album A Lounge Supreme.
- Connor Anderson made a parody of the song called "Roll a D6".
- "Like Jesus" was a parody produced by Totally Sketch.
- American comedian, musician and Internet personality Nice Peter recorded a Harry Potter-themed parody of the song called "Like It's Quidditch".
- Dierks Bentley references the song in his country music hit "Drunk on a Plane", where he says their 737 will be rocking like a G6.
- Adam Buxton parodied the song in several different incarnations on the Adam and Joe radio show on BBC 6 Music.
Charts and certifications
Release history
See also
- List of number-one singles in 2010 (New Zealand)
- List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 2010
- List of number-one R&B hits of 2010 (UK)
- List of songs recorded by Dev
References
External links
- Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics